A contentious proposal to allocate $20 million in city funds exclusively for the development of a park at the Miami Freedom Park stadium site passed in a 4-1 vote during a heated Miami City Commission meeting Thursday, drawing backlash from critics who called it a taxpayer-funded giveaway to billionaires.

A last-minute agenda item for Thursday’s Miami City Commission meeting is raising concerns over a proposed shift in public benefit funds tied to the controversial Freedom Park development deal.

One of the biggest boosters for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team has revealed his stadium dreams.

Is Miami getting a raw deal over a proposed lease for a soccer stadium on valuable land that now is home to a public golf course? Critics think most definitely.